'Fast Eddie' Pleads Guilty To $1.5M Theft In UK

'Fast Eddie' Pleads Guilty To $1.5M Theft In UK

LONDON (AP) - A British man dubbed "Fast Eddie" who spent nearly two decades on the run in the U.S. has pleaded guilty in a London court to stealing an armored van full of banknotes and coins.

Edward J. Maher - who earned his nickname from the British media - was working as a guard for a security company in 1993 when authorities say he netted a haul of British currency worth about $1.5 million at the time.

At some point after the theft, he and his family fled to the United States. Maher, 57, was arrested in rural Missouri last year on immigration charges and deported.

Austin Robertson

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